Monday, 5 May 2008

Healthy Corps

This is an interesting concept that can serve our best intentions in glorifying God. When we measure such things, we must do so in a Biblical context with careful cultural appreciation. I suggest that a healthy corps is one that is paying attention to balance, growth, nourishment and applied faith. They can be small, medium, large or anywhere on any scale. They can be new, old or not so old. They can be urban, country or a mix.

Generally, a corps knows if it is healthy or at least where certain parts need attention. Acts 2:42 gives a good guide to healthy components.

Acts 2:42 (NIV)
42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It would be interesting to see information about church growth statistics. Not sure where this is freely available.

How does the SA's soldier/officer membership growth compare to the general population growth? Is their a positive or negative correlation?

That would have to be the ultimate
"second best" measure, with a long-term negative correlation signalling a warning.

I suppose the ulimate goal of the Church as a whole is to maximise the number of people entering Heaven. Which is not measurable, hence the reference to "second-best" methods.

I can see how the mixture of "worldly" business management practices with spiritual concerns can provide plenty of wriggle room in explaining/massaging statistics at review meetings.

What accounting standards does God use?

7:31 pm
Anonymous said...

What would I do?

Look at this website

http://withreach.co.uk/withreach/

Now some people may think the "emergent/emerging church" is nude people meditating/chanting in a circle around burning incense, and I apologise for the associations the above site might convey in this regard.

8:55 pm

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